9.09.2010

The Lawn Fawn/Hero Arts swap: Day 4!

We have another fun project from Lisa today! She used Bannerific and Harold's ABCs to make the perfect birthday surprise for her hubby, J! Let's check it out! :)

She hid her pennant banner in the cupboard so he would be surprised when he opened it up in the morning! How sweet is that?!

She spelled out "Happy Birthday Jason" with Harold's ABCs and cut out each individual pennant from felt! How cute is the washi tape holding the pennants up?! :)

This is my favorite! Hehehe! It makes me giggle! So funny!

And here is a fun close up. I love the way she stitched through the pennants following the line that is already in the stamp. I can't wait to try this myself! I bet it would look good with paper piecing too! :)

I hope you had fun seeing Lisa's surprise birthday banner! Make sure to head on over to the Hero Arts blog to see what's going on over there, too! They are showcasing felty projects from their Flickr group! :)

Now, I can't stop the giveaway flow, so let's do another one! How does Harold's ABCs sound?Just leave us a comment by Friday at 11:59PM EDT telling us what your best birthday surprise was, and we will pick a random winner!

Cute creation! ONE of my FAVORITE birthday surprises was a few years ago my boyfriend surprised me with a trip to go on a cruise! My bday is in Feb & the cruise was in August. It was the BEST birthday gift ever and we had a wonderful relaxing time together.

NO WAY! This is soooooooooo cool!How fun!! Oh my, I love all my birthdays but I would say my fav was when my hubby offered to take me craft shopping...poor thing had to stand there for hours watching me go through all the crafting isles in different stores!

This is so adorable, Lisa!! I love the banner as well as the way youfound a place in the cupboard to make it a special surprise. My bestbirthday surprise was when my husbandtook the day off from work to spend it with me.

On my 30th birthday, my family gave me a book, "On the Night You Were Born," Inside the book were notes written by family and friends around the country. They wrote about what they loved about me! It was wonderful!

my best birthday surprise by far was last year when my husband surprised me by having my best friend, kristina & her sweet family come to ohio from tennessee! i had no idea & it was absolutely amazing! :) thanks so much for the chance to win!

That's sooo cute! Love the idea.my biggest brithday surprise was on my 18th birthday when I came home late at night after celebrating with my frinds there was a laaaarge banner in my room saying happy birthday.

Yesterday was my birthday, and I certainly got a wonderful surprise. I was at work, ready to teach one of my music classes, when I realized only half of the kids were there. When I asked where everyone was, I was shocked to see the ones that were missing walking into the room singing "Happy Birthday"- each carrying a different letter they drew on paper to spell out the sentiment. I loved it!

My best birthday surprise was walking into a room decorated just for me with my family inside it. I truly thought they had forgotten with everything else we had going on. I felt so loved! Thanks for the opp!

I just surprised my husband with a trip to Spain for his 40th birthday! He's a huge MotoGP fan and I'm taking him to the season ending race in Valencia the first weekend in November. I think that is the best surprise I've ever come up with! I'd love to win Harold's ABCs since it is on my short list!!

What a great idea. I'd love this stamp set. My best birthday surprise was a party in New Zealand when we were visiting my very dear friend there - & she gave me a cute toy sheep to bring home to the UK.

For my 30th my husband planned a surprise trip. I knew we were going away, but knew NO other details. He took me to a resort in Mexico, arranged for a special snorkeling trip and everything. It was amazing.He and my bff also planned a surprise party at her house just for family.

My best birthday surprise when my now fiance took me to a mall to get "birthday ice-cream" and then we walked through the stores just for fun. I mentioned to him an expensive bag I liked, and while I was in line at Starbucks he went and bought it! It was his plan all along to wait until I start gushing about something so he could get it for me when I least expected it.

OMGosh those banners are so super cute! Best bday surprise I ever gave was a present to DH back when TIVO first came out, I got him a DVR recorder with TIVO service. He was completely shocked because he had not even mentioned it to me I just knew he would love it.

My husband was deployed to Iraq and he emailed my favorite bakery and ordered special cookies decorated with Happy Birthday Tammy on it. It was really sweet! He also had arranged to have flowers delivered. Thanks for sharing this cute project!

Hi Kelly Marie and Lisa,Oooh, I love that little banner and Lisa's sweet surprise for her "old" man!!

I get really great surprises from my guy every year...he's quite creative in finding out what I want and NOT letting on that he knows, so I never expect that he "got" it, and then he does! The best gift was a trip to Ireland!

Very cute idea!! I love it! It made me giggle too!My 30th birthday was one of the best b-day's ever. I knew about the party. But my boyfriend surprised me with the most beautiful pair of pink sapphire earring's ever!! My friends and family were there too and it was a really fun night.Thanks for the chance to win. I would love to own this set!

sooooooo cute!!!!! I already own the Harold's set {love it} so please don't include me in the draw but just wanted to let you know that every birthday is filled with crafty surprises from my kidlets...love, love, love that...they always make me something each year and I love the tradition!

You both are so creative! I love these projects! Thank you for being such an inspiration.

The best bday suprise was when my husband got me a sewing machine for my bday! I've been telling him how I've wanted to learn how to sew and eventually wanted a sewing machine...and low and behold... there it was in my craft room on my bday! I was so happy that he put so much effort in the surprise and got something that he knew I would use. I can't wait to incorporate sewing on my cards... oh, and to sew fabrics too :) Ha!

These ideas are just way too cute!Birthday surprise? Ummmph, I think it had to be when I turned 45 and my friends were going to surprise at work - BUT they had the wrong day!!! Doesn't matter, the cake was delicious....

How darling is that little surprise in the cabinet. I love that little banner stamp!!!

My husband also had a surprise for me on my 30th. He gathered up all my gal pals and co-workers and we had a big bash filled with decorations, tons of homemade foods and some seriously distasteful, dirty gifts! It was so memorable! :)

My best birthday surprise was one that I acutally pulled off rather than being surprised myself. I helped my parents plan my sister's surprise party when she was 10. She cried when she saw everybody there as she thought she wasn't having a party. It was hilarious! Good childhood memories.

ONE of my BEST birthday surprises (there are many. I got an awesome hubby) was my hubby told me to get dressed up and didnt tell me where we were going. I live in NYC and we ended up my the pier taking a yatch around Manhattan. My birthday is July 6th and since it fell around the 4th, there was 4 course meal, dessert, dancing and fireworks!!!!

Ha! What a gorgeous idea this is! Creative genius and so very sweet. I love the banners more everyday!! My best b'day surprise would probably be when I received my first bike on my 12th b'day. I was so excited!

Best birthday suprise, flowers while I was away at a corporate training. I was the only woman in a group with 8 men. The look when the flowers got delivered was priceless. I wonder how many sent their special person flowers on the next special occassion?

My best Birthday surprise was while my husband and I were dating...we lived in different states and only saw each other on the weekends. My Birthday fell in the middle of the week so I was surprised when he showed up that night! He even sent flowers to work during the day so that I would not be suspicious :>) So unexpected and so sweet!

That is a cute little banner..luv'd the idea:)My best b'day surprise was when I invited all his friends and threw a surprise bday party for my hubby. His expression and happiness at the surprise was priceless and makes me surprise him everytime on his b'day..hope to get lucky and win the set this time:))

I just received my best birthday surprise. My French 4&5 class surprised me with a birthday song & cupcakes and the most lovely card with beautiful things written inside. Who says teenagers these days don't do nice things??? My students are the best!Caroline

Hi! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this idea! (i may swipe it... :) My best birthday surprise was a surprise party that my best friend and husband set up for me with all of my family waiting for me for dinner! thanks for the great giveaway! :)

Wow Lisa this is so fun and what a great suprise. I am sure that when these cupboard doors where opened that there were squeals of delight. So cute.

My best surprise on my birthday was when my husband preposed to me. We went to a movie at the theatres and on the way back he pulled the car over to the side of the street and than told me he wanted me to open my birthday gift. Next thing I knew he was holding a box with a beautiful diamond ring and asking me to marry him! Yep, that was the best surprise ever.

that is seriously cute.. i have to do that! :)best birthday surprise? my husband (boyfriend at the time) bought me a box of discontinued air freshener. it sounds kind of cheesy, but seriously, it was my favorite scent and then they took it off the market! somehow he found a box.. :)

Love the cute banner! Best birthday surprise was when my husband got a bunch of my friends together for brunch for my 30th bday. some friends traveled by air just to be there! Happy 30th bday to Kelly Marie!

That was so cute, lucky guy~~, Mine was the year my husband surprised me with puppy I thought I had not gotten, he had spoken to the breeder and asked her to tell me they were all spoken for, long story, but was so HAPPY in the end, and this was so unlike my husband!! Anyway, great Idea.THanks, and again Happy Birthday Kelly Marie!!

my best birthday surprise....hubby & i drove home to SF one year from SoCal so i could hang out with my family on my birthday. he took me out to dinner one night---just the 2 of us (this is waaaay before we had kids). i thought it was the 2 of us UNTIL we got to the restaurant. sitting at a table was 10 of my closest friends! he planned it all by himself! sneaky! love him for doing things like that!

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Hello! My name is Kelly Marie Alvarez. I live in Orange County, and I own and operate Lawn Fawn with my sweet hubby, Mike. I love fun and bright design that makes people smile and interacting with crafters all around the world. Thank you so much for visiting our blog. I hope I can put a smile on your face today!